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The greatest thing since sliced bread!
Germany is known worldwide for its wide-ranging selection of breads and pastries. This, in turn, poses a serious challenge to the country’s over 700 mills, which supply Germany’s baking industry with high-quality milled grains. According to the Verband Deutscher Müller ( Association of German Millers), more than 6,000 Germans now earn their daily bread milling grain. In Germany, the per-capita-consumption of milled grains is 67.1 kilograms per year, and increasing. In all Germany’s milling industry generates revenues of about 2.1 billion Euros.
In contrast to years past, when the milling process consisted of hauling around sacks, sweeping up and manually changing mill wheels, today’s mills employ a wide range of cutting-edge technologies, including high-tech digital milling programs, and computer controlled systems and quality monitoring in the milling laboratory. Automation is also on the rise, especially in the larger mills. Machine builders are constantly being pushed to the limit as they develop newer and better ways of both milling and material handling. No matter what the application, explosion prevention is a critical issue because of the amount of dust created in the typical mill. Hygienic standards are also a major concern. Therefore, the motors that the milling industry uses need to meet an especially high set of standards.
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